Secondary hyperhomocysteinemia-related occlusive retinal vasculopathy: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report a case of occlusive retinal vasculopathy, secondary to hyperhomocysteinemia.

Observations

A 43-year-old male was examined at the retina outpatient clinic due to complaints of bilateral decrease in visual acuity. The patient underwent a comprehensive ophthalmological examination, wide-field fundus photographs and fluorescein angiography, as well as spectral domain optical coherence tomography with enhanced-deep imaging. The patient had a significant medical history of chronic kidney disease and progressive bilateral vision loss over the last two years, which worsened in the left eye during the past 3 months. Fundus examination revealed a vitreous hemorrhage in the left eye and bilateral proliferative retinopathy. Blood glucose and systemic blood pressure wer

SUBMITTER: Carral-Santander IE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258140 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature